Improvement in dash-boards for carriages



J. BLAND.

- Dashboard for Carriages.

No 99,140.. Patented Jany 25; 1870.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BLAND, OF THOMASTON, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN DASH-BOARDS FOR CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,140, dated January25, 1870 .To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN BLAND, of Thoma'ston, in the county of Upsonand State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Dash-Board; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dash-boards for buggies andother wagons and it consists in an improved construction of the same insheet metal, in substitution of the parts commonly made of leather,whereby it is designed to produce much cheaper dash boards in firstcost, also much more durable ones.

The drawing represents a perspective view of my improved dashboard.

The frame A is made of iron, and may be of the usual form.

B represents the front or principal part of the board, which I make ofsheet-iron, copper, zinc, or other metal, as preferred, attaching it tothe front of the iron frame A by rivets or otherwise, extending at thelower edge, 0, a sufficient distance below the frame to lap by and hidethe front end of the carriagebody.

I also lap the upper edge over the frame, down on the inside a shortdistance, and wind it around a strong wire, D, and rivet it to the frameabove the wire, as at E. I make use of this wire for the hinge of thefall F by notching the turned-over part G of the front for the receptionof straps H, riveted to the front and bent around the said wire.

In this way I provide dash-boards with sheet-metal fronts and falls withless cost and labor, and which will last Very much longer.

These dashboards may be ornamented by painting, japanning, or plating,and be made as fine in style and finish as when made of leather.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Dash-boards for buggies and other vehicles having thefronts and falls made of sheet metal, and the front arranged to projectbelow the end of the body, and to lap over the top and support the wireD and the fall hinged to the said wire, all substantially as specified.

JOHN BLAND.

I Witnesses:

J. W. SUGos, W. S. OLIPHANT.

